Early life Hills was born in
Denmark Hill,
Surrey, the son of a manufacturing chemist.
Sports career Arnold Hills was also a keen sportsman, who was the
British mile champion, winning the
1878 AAC Championships title and the three-mile champion in 1879. In his youth had played
football and cricket (he was Captain of the 1st XI) for his school team
Harrow. After leaving Harrow he attended
University College, Oxford, where he earned the degree of
B.A. (1880)
Charles W. Forward's 1898 book on vegetarian history,
Fifty Years of Food Reform was dedicated to Hills.
Later life and death The failing fortunes of the ironworks and his involvement in developing a new car engine pushed the club into the background and he became a virtual invalid suffering from
arthritis. He died at Hammerfield,
Penshurst,
Kent, in 1927 aged 69, and was buried at St Luke's Church in Penshurst. In 2014 as part of their preparation for their move to the
Olympic Stadium, West Ham announced one of the corporate entertainment areas would be a private dining club, the Arnold Hills suite. ==Publications==